Events calendar: March 7–13

FEATURED EVENT

Portland Music Video Festival
7:30 p.m.
Hollywood Theater
$7–9

Founded by PSU professor Dustin Morrow and PSU alum Kat Audick, this showcase of local and national music videos features a networking event for film and music industry professionals. Previous festivals have featured music videos from Cypress Hill, Gaslamp Killer, Passion Pit, Mean Jeans, Dita Von Teese, Bob Mould, Broken Bells, Sallie Ford, Lost Lander, Helio Sequence, Kimya Dawson and Aesop Rock.

Tuesday, March 7

Nicole Pietrantoni’s artwork explores the complex relationship between human beings and nature through installations, artists’ books and works on paper. She regards both her professional practice and pedagogy as powerful sites for intellectual, artistic and ethical transformation.

DANCEMardi Gras Salsa Dance Party
8 p.m.
Secret Society
$10

Salsa dance in all-white attire at Secret Society’s Mardi Gras party. The speakeasy-inspired lounge starts the evening off with a beginner’s salsa lesson, then explodes into a dance party featuring a burlesque performance from Portland’s Zora Von Pavonine.

Wednesday, March 8

Check out this lecture on the historical analysis of graphical realism, how it influences gender and sexual politics in video games, and a psychoanalysis of reinforced patterns and cinematic appreciation. Featuring North Dakota State University assistant professor Dr. Robert Mejia.

Friday, March 10

The 2017 RACC grant recipient’s painting series focuses on addressing the lack of African-American representation in gallery spaces and renegotiating the way Black faces are viewed on a daily basis by fusing historical and contemporary cultural figures.

MUSICLettuce
8 p.m.
Roseland Theater
$20

Jazz-funk septet’s fusion of influences come together for an all-inclusive party atmosphere.

DRAGKimora Blac
9 p.m.
Stag PDX
$12–35

The Las Vegas drag queen and contestant on the upcoming ninth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race makes her Portland debut, taking photos and hosting a Q&A with VIP guests.

Saturday, March 11

MUSIC
Martha Davis & the Motels
3 p. m.
Music Millennium
Free

The iconic California new-wave band is signing copies of their dual-CD If Not Now, Then When? which features new music, b-sides & rarities.

This classical concert commemorates the 75th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066, which began the internment of Japanese-American citizens during the Second World War.

THEATERFeathers and Teeth
2 p.m. (alternate dates & times through April 2)
Artists Repertory Theatre
$25–50 (limited number of $5 Arts for All tix may be available)

A teenager in 1978 grapples with her mother’s death, her father’s new relationship with Mom’s former nurse, crushing on the boys next door and otherworldly little monsters.